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Democratic Palestine : 4 (ص 40)

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Tamils protest in London .
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BRETHREN
Sri Lanka
NEW TIES WITH ‘ISRAEL’
NEW MASSACRES AGAINST
TAMILS
In May, it was announced that ‘Is-
rael’ and Sri Lanka were restoring dip-
lomatic relations, and that ‘Israel’ would
open an office in the US embassy in Col-
ombo. The Sri Lanka government stated
that it wants Israeli help in combatting
Tamil «terrorism». Such cooperation
has been going on secretly with Israeli
advisers present in Sri Lanka for the past
year.
This shows the bankruptcy of the
Sri Lanka government's own attempts to
quell the Tamil liberation struggle by
massacring civilians. The latest round of
massacres began on March 28th, when
the Sri Lanka Air Force opened fire on
civilians in the town of Chunnaganm,, kil-
ling twelve, including a pregnant woman
and four year old child. In the next three
weeks, there were attacks on Tamils in
five other towns. In all, 237 were killed
and 1000 injured.
The increased Israeli role only
heightens the danger to the Tamil
people. This was concretely proven on
June 9th and 10th, when a demonstra-
tion was organized in Kattankudy
against the stationing of Mossad and
Israeli anti-terrorist units in Sri Lanka.
The Sri Lankan army, together with
Israeli units, opened fire, killing over 30
Tamil people and injuring many others.
Not surprisingly, increased Sri-
Lanka-lsraeli military cooperation coin-
cides with US imperialism’s interest in
the island as a back-up for its base on
Diego Garcia. The preferred site is Trin-
comalee harbor, in the heart of the area
where most of the Tamil people live. For
this reason, the Sri Lanka government
has stepped up its campaign to replace
the Tamil population with Sinhalese col-
onies, known for foyalty to the govern-
ment. US Defense Secretary Wein-
berger was in Sri Lanka last October to
discuss plans for Trincomalee, and
agreement was reached concerning oil
storage facilities.
We thank the comrades of the
People’s Liberation Organization of
Tamil Eelam for sending us the material
for this box. @
Tamil victims of the March 28th massacre

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